Arizona’s attorney general race has drawn national attention. Here’s why

Attorney General Mark Brnovich and his Democratic rival use the same terms to describe the leader who should hold the state’s top legal office — “someone with integrity” who “puts Arizonans first.”

They just disagree on who that someone is.

January Contreras, a 47-year-old former prosecutor and policy adviser, is challenging the Republican incumbent’s re-election bid on the grounds that he is too “focused on partisan agendas” and special interests.

Brnovich, 51, has said he “could’ve done a much better job of scoring political points” if that were his goal, contending he’s consistently fought scams and fraud on behalf of all Arizonans.